ダ埼玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: S
たま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Attested since the 1980s.

Blend of ダサい (dasai, uncool) + 埼玉 (Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, or the titular capital before 2001), often attributed to Japanese comedian Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita).

Proper noun

ダ埼玉 (hiragana and katakana ダさいたま, rōmaji Dasaitama)

  1. (slang, derogatory) Synonym of 埼玉 (Saitama): Saitama Prefecture
    • 1992, Aiko Sato, Rōhei wa shinazu [Old soldiers don’t die]:
       (とう) (きょう)というのはダサイとこだ…ダサイ (ぶん) () (しょう) (ちゅう) (ささ)えている。その (みなもと)埼玉 (さいたま)にある」というようなものだそう
      “Tōkyō to iu no wa dasai toko da… dasai bunka ga shōchū o sasaete-iru. Sono minamoto wa Dasaitama ni aru” to iu yō na mono da sō
      They say, “Tokyo is a dasai place... dasai culture supports shochu. The fountainhead is in Dasaitama.”
  2. (slang, derogatory) Synonym of さいたま (Saitama): the titular capital of Saitama Prefecture
    • 2013, Shigenori Yamanaka, Kore de ii no ka? Saitama-ken, page 50:
      1988 (ねん)開局 (かいきょく) (とう) ()、エフエム埼玉 (さいたま) () ()っていたFM放送局 (ほうそうきょく)は、「埼玉 (さいたま)のラジオ (きょく)」という (いん) (しょう) (あた)えるとでも (おも)ったのか、2001 (ねん)に「埼玉 (さいたま)」をなくして、もともとの愛称 (あいしょう)であったヨコ () ()(というかアルファベットだけど)のNACK5と (めい) (しょう) (へん) (こう)された。
      1988 nen no kaikyoku tōji, efuemu Saitama o nanotte-ita FM hōsōkyoku wa, “Dasaitama no rajio kyoku” to iu inshō o ataeru to demo omotta no ka, 2001 nen ni “Saitama” o nakushite, motomoto no aishō deatta yoko moji (to iu ka arufabetto dake do) no NACK 5 to meishō henkō sareta.
      When it began broadcasting in 1988 FM Saitama was labeled “Dasaitama radio station”, but in 2001 when Saitama dropped its Chinese-character spelling the station name was changed to “NACK 5”, originally a nickname, written horizontally (in alphabet characters).
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